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Support for Donation Increasing
‘strong support’ is highest among women, whites and Native Americans; lowest among 66+ and those with high school or less education
39.4%Strongly Support
Donation
48.8%Strongly Support
Donation
2005 2012
38.9%Willingto Join
60.1%Willingto Join
2005 2012
Increase in number of non-registered people willing to join state registry
U.S. transplant system uses a fair approach to distribute organs
64.6%Agree orStrongly
Agree
Respondents age 66+ were least likely to agree
Life expectancy should be consideredin the matching process
52.2%Support
Organs should go to most medically urgent patients (regardless of geography)
81.7%of non-registered
donors would prefer
Majority willing to donate hands and face
HANDS FACE
80.3% 58.2%
Willing to donate hands and face (by age)
VERY WILLILNG
SOMEWHAT WILLING TOTAL
18–34 25.1% 25.8% 50.9%
35–54 34.3% 26.2% 60.5%
55–65 35.6% 29.0% 64.6%
66+ 34.4% 26.4% 60.8%
Other Key Findings
• 51% would support presumed consent (10% increase from 2005)
• 25% said they would be more likely to donate with financial incentive (8% increase from 2005)
• 64% said financial incentive would not affect their decision to donate
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